BKB leads in providing agri credit

The state-owned specialised Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) is in the leading position in setting target for providing agriculture credit among all the 56 banks operating across the country in the fiscal 2014-15. The BKB will distribute Tk 48.0 billion agriculture loan among the farmers in the current fiscal. This was mentioned in the ‘Agriculture and Rural Credit Policy and Programme for fiscal year 2014-15’ announced by Bangladesh Bank (BB) on July 21. The central bank has set the target of total agriculture credit at Tk 155.50 billion for the fiscal, according to a news agency.